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What does it mean and how to clear the error "Nvidia display settings are not available. The display you are using is not connected to the nvidia GPU"

What does "The display you are using is not connected to the nvidia gpu" mean?

Some computer and laptop users are faced with an issue where when they try to enter Nvidia graphics settings through the control panel or through the desktop context menu, they receive the error “Nvidia display settings are not available. The display you are using is not connected to the nvidia gpu."

This error means that your main Nvidia video card is currently not being used by the system and all games are running from the built-in video card, which cannot provide proper performance. As a result, if you have a decent video card, if you receive the error “the display you are using is not connected to the nvidia GPU,” you simply do not use it.

In this article you will learn why this error occurs and how you can fix it on your own.

Reasons why the error “the display you are using is not connected to the nvidia gpu” may occur

There are several ways this error can occur. Moreover, it is worth noting that it appears only on laptops and computers that have two video cards - integrated and discrete.

1. Incorrect cable connection from the monitor;
2. Incorrect video card priority settings in BIOS;
3. Incorrect or incomplete installation of drivers on video cards;
4. The system service responsible for switching the operation of video cards has failed.

Checking the cable connection from the monitor to the video card

This option is only possible in the case of a desktop computer. This option does not work with a laptop.

Check where the cable from the monitor is connected. If you connect it to, then your discrete card will not work and when you try to go into the Nvidia settings, it will display the message “The display you are using is not connected to the nvidia GPU.”

The rear wall of the system unit with the VGA connector of the built-in video card on the motherboard

External video card of the system unit

In this case, switch the monitor cable to the discrete card below. For an integrated video card, the connector is located vertically, while for a discrete video card it is located horizontally.

Video card priority settings in BIOS

In all BIOS of motherboards with built-in video cards, there is an option responsible for switching the operation of video cards - Only built-in, only external, Auto, and sometimes Optimus - simultaneous operation of both video cards.

Switching the operating mode of video cards in the BIOS

It is necessary to have Auto or Optimus installed, if there is one. Switch, save and check.

Reconnecting the Nvidia video card

Sometimes, for unknown reasons, simply turning off and then turning on the Nvidia video card helps in solving this problem.

To do this, go to the task manager, open the “Video adapters” submenu, right-click on the Nvidia card and select “Disable”.

Disabling and enabling the video card

Then right-click again - “Enable”.

Reinstalling drivers in the correct sequence

The last step in resolving the “The display you are using is not connected to the nvidia GPU” error is to remove the drivers for the built-in (Intel) and external (Nvidia) video cards, reboot and install in the correct order - first the Intel HD Graphics driver (built-in card), reboot, and then Nvidia card driver (discrete).

Often, when opening settings, a window appears with the text “The display you are using is not connected to the Nvidia GPU.” We will tell you what to do in such a situation.

1. Turn on the video card

Sometimes Nvidia display settings are not available for the simple reason that the graphics card is not enabled. There is no point in trying to understand how she could suddenly pass out.

Here's what you need to do to fix the problem:

• Launch Device Manager. The easiest way to find it is in the Start menu.
• Expand the "Video Adapters" section. One of the devices will definitely be called Nvidia.
• Right-click on it and in the menu that appears, click “Disable” and then “Enable” (right-click on the device again - the drop-down menu will be slightly modified). Or maybe you will immediately only have the “Enable” option. Choose him.

Rice. No. 1. Enabling the video adapter in Device Manager

• It happens that this method of inclusion does not work. Therefore, the same must be done in services and in the BIOS. As for the first, open the Control Panel item in the Start menu, then go to Administrative Tools, and then open Services. In the list you will find at least one item in which the name Nvidia will appear. Most likely it will be "NVIDIA Display Container LS". Right-click on it and select first “Restart”, then “Update”.

Rice. No. 2. Enable Nvidia service

• Now let's talk about BIOS. First you will need to open the BIOS or UEFI. How to do this, read this article. After this, you need to open the menu that is responsible for the connected devices. Look for something that has to do with graphics. In BIOS, most often something similar can be found in the “Config” or “Advanced” tabs. As you can see in the image below, there is a setting called “Graphics Device” and there you can select Nvidia.

Clue: If you can't do it, try finding information in the instructions or on the manufacturer's website.

Rice. No. 3. Graphics settings in BIOS

Now you know how to connect a video card if it suddenly turns off. If it doesn't work, move on.

2. Update your drivers

In general, this method is relevant for a huge variety of computer problems.

To update drivers, here's what you usually do:

• Go to the device manager in the way you are already familiar with.
• Open the “Video Adapters” section and on your Nvidia device, right-click and select “Update Drivers...”. You can also right-click on the entire “Video adapters” section and click “Update hardware configuration.”

Rice. No. 4. Updating the video adapter configuration in the manager

• Reboot your machine. If nothing has changed, right-click on your Nvidia device and select Properties. Next, go to the “Driver” tab in the window that opens and click “Delete”.

Rice. No. 5. Uninstalling the driver

• Restart your PC or laptop again. The system must independently find the most current driver and install it. If not, you will have to find it yourself. This is usually done on the official website of the computer manufacturer (not the video card, if there is nothing there, then go to the website of the video adapter manufacturer). Download the driver and install it. This is done in the same way as with any other programs - launch the exe extension file, agree to the terms and follow all the instructions.

In the event that this did not work or you have any problems with the installation, you can use special software to automatically install drivers. A list of the best examples is given here.

3. Reinstall or roll back the system

If none of the above works, then the problem is in the operating system. It can be difficult to track Nvidia GPU activity and when things stopped working.

In any case, if everything was fine a week ago, you should first roll back the system to this time. Read this article to learn how this procedure is performed.

Advice: Try several available restore points. Move from the one closest to you in time to the farthest. Things will probably get better at some stage.

And if even then nothing changes, you will have to reinstall the operating system. To do this, it is advisable to take a completely different assembly than the one you have now and completely clean the hard drive. In other words, you need to format it.

Step-by-step instructions for reinstalling Windows are given here.

When trying to open the Nvidia Control Panel, the user may encounter the message “NVIDIA Display Settings are not available. The display you are using is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU." The appearance of this notification indicates that there are problems with the PC graphics card drivers, as well as an incorrect connection of the system monitor. Below we will analyze the causes of this dysfunction, and also present options for solving it.

The selected display is not connected to the Nvidia GPU - the essence and reasons

The vast majority of modern laptops (and some desktop computers) can boast of two active video cards at once. In most cases, one of them is built into the motherboard, is low-power, and is used for everyday tasks (usually the Intel HD Graphics series). The second is a powerful discrete one, used for resource-intensive graphics applications with active use of 3D graphics (video cards from Nvidia and AMD).

Systems with two video cards can effectively save power by using a weaker card from Intel when performing simple operations (surfing the net, working with text, etc.). This feature is called “NVIDIA Optimus”, and we can see it working in many modern laptops with Nvidia graphics cards.

The use of this technology allows you to extend the battery life of your laptop

When you launch the Nvidia control panel, the system tries to identify the Nvidia card used to create the image on the PC screen. If authentication fails, the user receives the message “The display you are using is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU.”

The causes of dysfunction may be the following:

• The user plugged the monitor plug into the built-in graphics card connector instead of a discrete one (in the case of a desktop PC);
• Instead of the native laptop drivers, the user (or Windows OS) installed basic drivers from Intel or Nvidia. Your laptop manufacturer can modify standard drivers for a specific laptop model, giving the system the ability to optimally switch between the built-in and discrete graphics card. Such drivers are called “OEM drivers” (the abbreviation “OEM” stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer). OEM drivers usually come with a laptop on an CD or PC hard drive, and their use is the key to the successful operation of both video cards. If the user installs standard drivers from Nvidia or Intel, then this switching may not work correctly;
• The user did not install drivers for system video cards correctly. In particular, you first need to install drivers for the built-in card from Intel, and then for the discrete one (Nvidia). Many do exactly the opposite;
• Drivers for video cards are outdated or do not work correctly.

Below we will look at ways to solve the problem.

Let's look at the solutions to fix the "Nvidia Display Settings Not Available" error on your PC.

Method 1: Connect your monitor cable to the Nvidia card connector

In the case of a desktop PC and a separate monitor, make sure that the monitor cord is connected to the Nvidia video card connector, and not to the built-in Intel card connector.

Method 2: Check if the integrated Intel graphics card is disabled

On some laptops, the operation of a discrete Nvidia card is impossible without the integrated graphics card from Intel enabled, so it displays “NVIDIA display settings are not available. The display you are using is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU."

1. Go to Device Manager (press Win+R, type devmgmt.msc there and press enter).
2. Here find the “Video Adapters” tab, double-click on it to expand it.
3. Hover over the Intel card, right-click, and select “Enable Device.”

Method 3. Install original OEM drivers on your PC

An effective solution to the problem is to install original OEM drivers for the video card of your PC. Do the following:

Get-WmiObject win32_bios

And press enter. The displayed parameters will contain “SerialNumber”, the value of which will need to be entered into the corresponding search field on the website of the manufacturer of your device. You will have the opportunity to download drivers and other updates for your laptop.

1. Download drivers for the version of your Windows OS (do not confuse 32 or 64-bit versions). The specified drivers may be of an earlier date than the drivers you already have installed, but that’s okay;
2. First install the drivers for the Intel video card;
3. Then install the drivers for your Nvidia video card. Make sure you do a clean installation for Nvidia drivers;
4. Restart your PC.

If you are worried that Windows will install its drivers again, you can disable this feature. To do this, go to, then to “System and Security”, then “System” - on the left “Advanced system settings” - the “Hardware” tab - “Device installation options”. Here, select the “No” option, click on “Save”, and restart your PC.

Method 4: Check if the Nvidia service is working

1. Click on Win+R, type services.msc there and press enter.
2. In the list of services that opens, find the “Nvidia Display Container LS” service, make sure that it is running and its startup type is set to “Automatic”.
3. If necessary, start the service, this may help resolve the “Display in use is not connected” error on your PC.

Method 5: Check BIOS settings

In some cases, incorrect BIOS settings may interfere with the correct operation of the Nvidia card. Go to BIOS, find the “Graphics Device” option there and set the value to “Auto” or “Optimus” if available.

Method 6. Update your Nvidia drivers (for desktops)

Users of stationary desktop PCs should try installing Nvidia drivers from geforce.com. You can find drivers for your card on the website manually by selecting the card model and its operating system, or let Nvidia's special tool do this by clicking on "AUTO DETECT YOUR GPU".

Also make sure that when installing the drivers you have activated the “clean install” option.

Method 7. Use special programs

Specialized programs such as “DriverPack Solution”, “Driver Easy” and other analogues that scan PC components and install the latest versions of drivers for them can also help in installing the latest drivers.

Conclusion

The appearance of the message “The display you are using is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU” usually indicates that there are some problems with the operation of the Nvidia drivers on the user’s PC. Follow the tips listed in the article to get rid of the “NVIDIA Display Settings are Unavailable” error on your computer.

Good day everyone!

Not long ago I encountered an interesting error on one laptop: the link to setting up the NVIDIA video card disappeared on the desktop (i.e. if you right-click anywhere on the desktop, there was no link to “NVIDIA Control Panel” in the window that appeared) .

Without thinking twice, I went to the Windows control panel and opened the section "Equipment and Sound" and tried to open the link provided there - but an error appeared " NVIDIA display settings are unavailable" . After 15 min. I got rid of this error and configured the video card, in fact, this article is just about solving a similar problem. So...

Error example \\NVIDIA\\ The display you are using is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU

A similar error occurs most often when there is a problem with the drivers: either they are not installed, or a conflict or failure has occurred.

In general, you need to do the following: first completely remove the drivers for video cards from the system, then download the latest versions of drivers from your laptop manufacturer’s website, install them, and restart your computer/laptop. As a rule, after this everything starts working as expected!

Let's take a closer look!

How to find and download drivers for a video adapter

Method number 1 - automatic

By automatic method, of course, I mean using special. utilities for finding and installing drivers for ALL hardware on your system. Using them will allow you to get rid of many worries: you will not need to delete old “firewood”, install new ones, make backup copies, etc. - ALL this will be done for you in auto mode!

Since I have several articles on my blog dedicated to such programs, in this one I will not describe in detail how and what to do in them. Below are a couple of useful links:

1. Programs for updating, uninstalling, searching for drivers -
2. Updating drivers in Windows 10 - review of the 5 best programs (in Russian) -

Method No. 2 - in "manual" mode

Important! This error usually appears on laptops with two video cards (discrete and integrated). Therefore, drivers must be downloaded for both the built-in one (usually Intel HD Graphics) and the discrete one - AMD or NVIDIA.

After the drivers have been downloaded, you can start removing old “firewood”...

Removing old video drivers

Method number 1 - through the control panel

The most obvious way to remove old drivers is to use the Windows Control Panel, the built-in software removal tool. To open it, go to the control panel at: Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features .

Next, you will see a list of installed programs: find the ones you need among them (for example, as in my case "NVIDIA GeForce" etc., select them and press the button "Delete\Change" .

Method number 2 - through the device manager

First you need to open device Manager , the generic way to do this is:

1. press a combination of buttons WIN+R;
2. to line "Open" enter devmgmt.msc ;
3. press ENTER.

1. open tab "Video adapters";
2. select the desired adapter, right-click on it, and go to its properties;
3. then open the tab "Driver";
4. press the button delete .

Uninstalling the INTEL HD Driver

Method number 3 - using Display Driver Uninstaller

Display Driver Uninstaller

An excellent utility for COMPLETELY removing any video drivers from a Windows system. It will delete not only the driver files themselves, but also delete registry keys, folders, files (including temporary ones), and it works even in cases where the standard Windows installer produces errors and refuses to work.

As for using the utility, everything is simple, just run it, select the video adapter and press the button "Delete and reboot" . As a result, the utility will remove current and old versions of drivers, making the system completely clean of them, as it was immediately after installing Windows.

ADDITION!

I also have an article on removing drivers on my blog. If the above methods did not help you, I recommend that you also read it (link below).

How to remove drivers: old or unnecessary -

Installing drivers

In principle, installing drivers today, in most cases, is not difficult - just run the executable file setup.exe .

Here I will give just one point: first install the driver for Intel (through the device manager), and then for nVidia itself.

Note!

IMPORTANT!

After the drivers are installed, be sure to restart your laptop!

ADDITION!

In some cases, get rid of the error "NVIDIA Display Settings Unavailable" A fairly simple and quick way helps:

1. go to device Manager ;
2. open the video adapters tab, select NVIDIA and press the button "Update drivers" ;
3. next select "Automatically search for updated drivers" ;
4. after Windows reports that the drivers are updated or they do not need updating, restart your computer .

That's all for me. Good luck!

The display being used is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU - users often receive an error with this text when trying to open the settings window for the parameters of a discrete video card.

As a result, the computer cannot use the component while playing games or running other programs.

Let's take a closer look best ways resolve this error on your PC.

Often the above problem occurs with discrete cards. A discrete graphics card is a hardware component that, unlike an integrated card, is designed as a separate circuit.

The purchase and installation of such an element is usually done by the users themselves to speed up the PC when running games or video editing applications.

Enabling the video card in Device Manager

If you are using a Windows operating system, the reason for the error message may be based on the graphics card component being disabled in Device Manager. After updating, reinstalling the OS, optimizing the computer, the system can automatically install the initial settings of the components.

To check the operating status of the GPU and start it, follow the instructions:

• Open the search menu on the Windows desktop;
• In the text line, enter “Device Manager”;

Rice. 1 – search for the “Device Manager” utility

• Open the result you found.

Rice. 2 – Window of all available devices and OS components

Open the video adapters tab, there should be several components in the list. Find your NVIDIA device and right-click on it. In the context menu that appears, you can check the status of its operation. If the adapter is disabled, the Enable box will appear in the menu. Do this and wait a few seconds.

Even if the system shows that NVIDIA GeForce is working, we advise you to reconnect the device. Click on “Disconnect” and then again on “Connect”. In this way, normal operation can be restored.

If this does not help you, move on to the next method.

Updating video card drivers

If simply rebooting the GPU does not resolve the issue, the card drivers may be outdated or may not be compatible with the OS version installed on your computer. There are two ways to update the GPU configuration - automatically or manually installing drivers.

First, try the first option. It does not require special skills or understanding of PC characteristics. Go to Device Manager again and click on the video adapters tab menu. In the list, select “Update hardware configuration”. The computer will automatically find and download the required software. After completing the action, be sure to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.

Rice. 4 – automatic update of GPU drivers

Remember! This method of installing drivers is suitable if the computer has an Internet connection. You should also use only a genuine copy of Windows OS (otherwise, drivers may be downloaded from unreliable and dangerous sources).

The second way to update drivers is to search for the necessary files yourself. This can only be done on the official website of the manufacturer of your video card - NVIDIA Corporation.

The figure below shows the driver software download page. Users must independently select the type, series and family of the product, as well as the version of the operating system used. Then you should confirm the search so that the system automatically generates a suitable archive for downloading.

Rice. 5 – selection of video card parameters on the NVIDIA website

Wait for the search results and download the archive by pressing the " Download now»:

Rice. 6 – downloading the archive with drivers

How to find out the video card parameters? To do this, use the instructions that were included with your purchase. If it is not there, you can look at the characteristics in the operating system itself:

1. Open the system information window;

Rice. 7 – search for the “System Information” utility

2. Wait for the parameters to load. This may take 1 to 3 minutes;

3. On the left side of the window, open the “Display” tab. After a while, a detailed description of the characteristics of all devices that are responsible for displaying data on this computer will appear on the right. You will need fields with the name and version of the GPU.

Rice. 8 – viewing the parameters of a discrete video card in PC settings

And also on the NVIDIA Corporation website you can start the procedure for automatically selecting driver software for your computer. Click on the “Graphics Drivers” button, as shown in the figure:

Rice. 9 – launch automatic system scan

You will then be redirected to a new software download page. Wait for the analysis of your OS to complete. This will take a few minutes. As a result, the site will display a message indicating which driver you need. When you click on its icon, the file will automatically download to your computer.

Rice. 10 – automatic detection of missing drivers

Using one of the methods described above, you can update the hardware configuration of a discrete video card. There should be no problems launching games in the future. If the GPU is still not working correctly, there may be files or processes remaining on the system that are stopping it from working. Let's look at how to properly configure the GPU.

Activating NVIDIA System Service

Often the whole problem is the NVIDIA display container service crashing. You can fix the problem using the Services utility. It contains information about all components of the computer management console. Users can configure process settings, disable them, or update them.

Rice. 11 – opening system services

In the window that appears, find the “NVIDIA Display Container LS” item and open its context menu. Click on the “Restart” and “Update” items one by one. Then you should restart your computer.

Rice. 12 – service update

Removing outdated driver files

Even after installing new driver software, there may still be outdated files on your computer that interfere with the operation of the GPU. The fastest option for removing such files and folders is to use the Display Driver Uninstaller utility. It is distributed free of charge and performs all actions automatically.

In the main application window you need to select the type of graphics driver (in our case it is NVIDIA). Then click on the Clean and Restart button. After the uninstallation is completed, the computer may restart several times.

Rice. 13 – main window of the Display Driver Uninstaller program

Using a Windows Backup

If the GPU stops working after performing a certain action (installing new applications, games, installing OS updates), you can clean up all the “erroneous” actions using a backup copy.

Open the System Backup and Restore window. Then click on “Copy Settings” and select the archive to restore that is suitable for its creation date. Follow the computer's further instructions to complete the procedure.

Rice. 14 – backup window